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New comment by mvrckhckr in "LinkedIn profile visitor lists belong to the people, says Noyb"

mvrckhckr — Fri, 08 May 2026 09:36:03 +0000

The price of something is not necessarily the function of the cost of producing it. It is the value to the buyer. Of course, you have edge cases on both sides of the scale, some things are of less value (to some markets) than the cost of producing them, and some things are of high value when producing them costs almost nothing. That's part of why free markets are so great, they are value-oriented and not only cost-based.

AI is a self-esteem test

mvrckhckr — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:42:23 +0000

Article URL: https://mvrckhckr.com/articles/ai-is-a-self-esteem-test

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47702957

Points: 1

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Signups Are Lying to You

mvrckhckr — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:41:14 +0000

Article URL: https://mvrckhckr.com/articles/your-signups-are-lying-to-you

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47611662

Points: 1

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New comment by mvrckhckr in "The math behind enterprise SaaS pricing"

mvrckhckr — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:09:54 +0000

It’s always been the case that if you sell results that are obviously cheap for the customer (you give measurable value that’s a multiple of your fee), your sale process was much easier.

Every venture is either a commodity or a brand

mvrckhckr — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 08:18:34 +0000

Article URL: https://mvrckhckr.com/articles/every-venture-is-either-a-commodity-or-a-brand

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47527859

Points: 1

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New comment by mvrckhckr in "I'm OK being left behind, thanks"

mvrckhckr — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:26:38 +0000

It’s a personal choice, and both early and late(er) can be valid rational choices if it’s you who is making the choice and not just following a crowd (or even a single person).

We're writing agent grammar before the language exists

mvrckhckr — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:29:36 +0000

Article URL: https://mvrckhckr.com/articles/were-writing-grammar-before-the-language-exists

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47442023

Points: 2

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New comment by mvrckhckr in "Conway's Game of Life, in real life"

mvrckhckr — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:18:20 +0000

Great idea and execution. I like your thinking.

New comment by mvrckhckr in "2% of ICML papers desk rejected because the authors used LLM in their reviews"

mvrckhckr — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:45:29 +0000

It’s ironic. I also doubt the validity of the AI writing detection.

New comment by mvrckhckr in "Toward automated verification of unreviewed AI-generated code"

mvrckhckr — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 22:13:26 +0000

The best way I can describe the approach I take is having the ability to "smell" what the AI might have gotten wrong (or forgotten completely).

It happens all the time, even when I only scan the code or simply run it and use it. It's uncanny how many such "smells" I find even with the most trivial applications. Sometimes its replies in Codex or Claude Code are enough to trigger it.

These are mistakes only a very (very) inexperienced developer would make.

New comment by mvrckhckr in "LLM Architecture Gallery"

mvrckhckr — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 20:41:37 +0000

What a great idea and nice execution.

New comment by mvrckhckr in "The 49MB web page"

mvrckhckr — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 20:39:59 +0000

Only major media can get away with this kind of bloat. For the normal website, Google would never include you in the SERPs even if your page is a fraction of that size.

New comment by mvrckhckr in "A Visual Introduction to Machine Learning (2015)"

mvrckhckr — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 16:16:03 +0000

This is still great after more than a decade.

New comment by mvrckhckr in "Willingness to look stupid"

mvrckhckr — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 17:56:17 +0000

That sounds like a very good environment. There are always restrictions, just maybe not major and/or ones that seem arbitrary.

New comment by mvrckhckr in "E2E encrypted messaging on Instagram will no longer be supported after 8 May"

mvrckhckr — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 17:53:56 +0000

Wasn't it automatically used when it was implemented?

New comment by mvrckhckr in "AI Gets Wrong Woman Jailed for Six Months, Life Ruined"

mvrckhckr — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 17:49:10 +0000

AI is a tool. It is humans who abdicate their responsibility (and thinking).

New comment by mvrckhckr in "Please Do Not A/B Test My Workflow"

mvrckhckr — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 14:36:24 +0000

I think it’s dishonest to use a paying client as a test subject for fundamental functionality they pay for, without their prior consent.

New comment by mvrckhckr in "E2E encrypted messaging on Instagram will no longer be supported after 8 May"

mvrckhckr — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 13:38:54 +0000

That's an interesting angle. I'm not sure I see the direct connection, but it can be a user choice.

New comment by mvrckhckr in "E2E encrypted messaging on Instagram will no longer be supported after 8 May"

mvrckhckr — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 13:37:33 +0000

In that case, why introduce the feature in the first place?

New comment by mvrckhckr in "New 'negative light' technology hides data transfers in plain sight"

mvrckhckr — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 11:02:12 +0000

If you know it exists and becomes popular, in the right situation you will make sure to have it. The dynamics don't change with this.